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by bellwether 2357 days ago
It sounds too complicated for me to use. I’d prefer to use something I know the user already has setup.

Other solutions would be Patreon, Venmo, Zelle, or the Buy me a coffee button on some OSS repositories.

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Yeah but the problem is the end user have to setup those to receive payment. I don't see how it is more complicated than existing setups.

You will just have to connect your card and generate link by putting the username and social site, amount etc. And then drop the link. That should only take a few minutes for first sign up and afterwards, a minute or so.

Patreon, buy me coffee etc are not comparable since they focus on recurring transactions and are not anonymous, require registration from both end of users.

Instead of that, the end user just needs to click on verify by reddit button and then put their bank details to receive payment instantly. They can make an account if they like during the process so they don't have to verify next time they wanna receive a payment but otherwise don't have to.

Comparable platform would be keybase I guess but that still requires you some setup on both ends.

I don't need to know your identity outside of whatever platform I am interacting on to send you a tip. I shouldn't assume you have xyz account except for the platform I am interacting with you on.

example - you wanna tip me right now but how will you do that?

Seems like a feature that Keybase could implement (this can be a way for them to gain users, too); they already allow sending cryptocurrency to other users and they have the ability to authenticate based on online identities.

This would require that the sender and receiver both have keybase.

Yeah they could also allow temporary session like discord does. Discord lets you join and chat on a server without having to permanently make an account via invite link.